Apple Hires Hacker Who Helped Save Windows From Security Hell
By Robert McMillan
12.05.12
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/12/apple-hires-hacker/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Top+Stories%29Apple has hired a noted computer security researcher who helped Microsoft lock down its Windows operating system.
Kristin Paget — formerly known as Chris Paget — now works on Apple's security team. Just over five years ago, she was part of a small team of elite hackers brought in by Microsoft to lock down Windows Vista.
Criminals have long preferred to focus their attacks on Microsoft's operating system — still the world's most popular — but lately, there have been signs that they're eying Apple's Mac OS X too. And Apple, slowly, has been trying to make inroads into the security community. This summer, an Apple engineer spoke at the Black Hat security conference for the first time.
Reached via e-mail, Paget confirmed that she is now an Apple employee, but referred all questions to Apple's public relations group. An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment on Paget.
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Back then, Paget was known as Chris. She switched genders last year.
